[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

I just bought an SD-8 for my 20" wheeled Bike Friday Haul-a-Day. Can't wait to build up the wheel and see how it performs. I have other bikes with Shimano and Schmidt hubs, but neither rolling on 20" wheels. I'm hoping for low drag and imperceptible vibration, which is what I get with the Schmid

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

What about the 9 series that Shutter Precision has released? Anyone have one yet? -J -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsub

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

Well, it's clear to me that the drag-vs-light remains a consideration in choosing between an SP SV-8 and SP PV-8. Even with my SP PV-8 hub (and my SON28, for that matter), there have been a few occasions when I wished my light were brighter at a relatively slow speed when it was in fact brighter

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

There's something to consider, the SP dynohubs are prettier than the Shimano dynohubs /dons flame suit On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:26 PM, Kelly wrote: > I have 3 of them in use over the last three years and have built wheels > for friends ... another 5 in my area .. all over a year old and have

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

The hubs that are for smaller wheels will generate full light with modern LED lights at very slow speeds, something less than 5mph, in my experience. In fact, only when I spin my hub by hand, or walk the bike, do I notice less than full output with my 80 lux light. People overestimate the speed r

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

Kellie, I believe you are talking about the SV-8 and not the PV-8, which has full voltage per the German specs. On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 11:30 AM, Kellie wrote: > Don't count out the Shimano 3N80. I just put one on my new Saluki, and I > love it. A few more dollars than the ID and more powerful.

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

I have 3 of them in use over the last three years and have built wheels for friends ... another 5 in my area .. all over a year old and have been on tours in the mud and rain etc. Not a single failure .. the are efficient and good looking. Kelly On Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 12:53:44 AM UTC

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

Hah! There was a time when the ability to charge my tricorder (for me, an iPhone) or its yet-to-be-produced-analog (precision USB-powered coffee grinder? piezo-electric iced coffee cooler? mobile Bitcoin mine?) would definitely have been a plus. But I have after much time and mileage come to "

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

Those numbers do seem satisfactory. I certainly don't have any precise measurements of my own. Perhaps if I do get another dynamo wheel I'll go with a lower-drag ("smaller wheel") version. My understanding is that the current "larger wheel" dynamo output specs are something of a legacy from the

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

>If I were a generally faster rider I might've gotten an SP SV-8 (which I think is the one intended to work with smaller wheels with higher typical rotation rates. But I don't like the notion of worrying about going "fast enough to see" when I have a choice. Dear Thomas Lynn, "Fast enough to

Re: [RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

Tom: FWIW, with a SON 20R on a 25" actual diameter wheel, my Edeluxe I puts out usable light, if not full power, starting at about 5 or 6 mph. Full comes on below 10, IIRC. On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:38 PM, Thomas Lynn Skean < thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > I have an SP PV-8 hub on one Hillb

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

I have an SP PV-8 hub on one Hillborne and a current-generation SON28 on another Hillborne. I like them both just fine. I may end up getting another dynamo'd wheel in the future and, barring near-future failure of the one I have, will probably get another SP PV-8 just because it's >$150 cheaper.

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

I've had a shutter precision SD-8 for over a year and a half, and so far it's great. I never noticed the drag, have only noticed vibration once or twice on long downhills with the light on. It's the only dynohub I've owned but I've worked on bikes with all types. In hand, the rotation seems

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

Don't count out the Shimano 3N80. I just put one on my new Saluki, and I love it. A few more dollars than the ID and more powerful. Check the voltage output, the ID will not power all dynamo lights. On Friday, June 5, 2015 at 10:53:44 PM UTC-7, Don Funke wrote: > > Anyone have experience with t

[RBW] Re: Intelligent design dynamo hubs

FWIW, Rivendell is selling exactly the same hub, 32/36H, for fifteen bucks less than Intelligent Design. You pays your money, and you takes your choice. These are the same SP (Shutter Precision) dynamos that a lot of pla